Rollins, who was the NL MVP in 2007, has seen his offensive production go down the last several years. In 2013, he hit .252/.318/.348 with six home runs and 22 stolen bases. All those figures are well below his career averages.

Last week, Sandberg benched Rollins for three spring training games. Rollins said he thought manager the manager was upset about something, which caused the benching, but Sandberg said he had wanted to Freddy Galvis some at-bats with the season's start a few weeks off.